Woman arrested for high alcohol content

A 69-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night for drunk driving in Tuscarora Township.

Tuscarora Township Police Chief Gordon Temple said at 7:51 p.m. Sunday, his department received a BOL, be on the lookout call, for a vehicle headed east on M-68 Highway from Louie's Market in Alanson.

“It was reported the female was inside Louie's Market and seemed highly intoxicated,” said Temple. “The woman then left driving a blue Chevy car.”

Officers were able to locate the vehicle on M-68 Highway near Campbell Trail and began following the vehicle. The vehicle was all over the roadway and almost struck a guardrail.

The officers pulled the vehicle over on M-68 near South Straits Highway and made contact with the driver. They could smell a strong odor of intoxicants coming from the vehicle.

“The woman was asked to perform field sobriety tests, which she failed,” said Temple. “She registered a .198 on the preliminary breath test. She was placed under arrest and lodged at the Cheboygan County Jail.”

The woman was charged for operating while intoxicated, first offense, with a high blood alcohol content. Her name is not being released at this time as she has not been formally arraigned on the charges.